The wife of boxer Amir Khan has explained why her row with his family has become so public in an interview on ITV's This Morning.

The model, who has taken to social media to complain about bullying, accused Khan's family of trying to destroy their marriage.

Amir's mother Falak has denied the allegations.

Explaining herself, Faryal - who lives with Amir and his family in a house in Bolton - said: “It’s not in my nature to ever go public about personal matters, but being so young and getting married so publicly and having to deal with so much abuse…

“Over the years, his brother went on Twitter rants, called me fake, called me Michael Jackson, it’s really not very nice.

“I used to take it in and be silent and thought they’d stop, but it’s just started to build up and up.

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“When I did a catwalk recently, I was really proud and Amir was really proud of me, and then I saw his sister call it a 'dog walk', and that really hurt me because when I didn’t work I was called a gold digger.”

Faryal said she would like them all to get along at some point but was unsure about the future.

She said: “I went to Amir’s brother’s wedding, and I had fun and danced with his mum. I could see Amir’s face and he was smiling as we were getting on.

“It would be nice for them to eventually get on with us, but I don’t know how possible that is, especially having been in three years of marriage and not getting on.”

The interview comes after Faryal posted a picture of her naked brother in law on social media amid claims his family were bullying her.

Former world champion boxer Amir has threatened to cut his wife and parents out of his life for their behaviour and for destroying his name.